Nothing will drive to your knees in prayer like becoming a mother. Those precious little souls are so vulnerable. Hopefully, you have been praying since before your children were even born – for their physical needs and safety, but more importantly for the things that will touch their souls. Perhaps though the exhaustion that often accompanies mothering has thwarted your prayer life. Not only may you find yourself falling asleep mid-prayer, but you may also have realized days have gone by without you having any sort of personal conversation with God at all.
I am pretty sure it has happened to all of us at some point. (Or am I the only one?). That’s why I was so excited when the packet of books arrived for me to review (associated with the movie War Room – about which I can’t tell you anything pro or con), to see a new book on prayer by Priscilla Shirer, Fervent: A Woman’s Battle Plan to Serious, Specific and Strategic Prayer.
Full confession here, I am rather the Priscilla Shirer fan. I find her books to be direct, practical and very scripture based. Having said that, this may just be my absolute favorite of all of her books. I judge how well I like a Christian book by how many little sticky flags I place on the pages. I often will quote these thoughts in my ministry (giving full credit of course). This one is covered in little purple flags!